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Bermondsey 1890

Report on the sanitary condition of the Parish of Bermondsey for the year 1890

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TABLE IV.
SANITARY WORK, &c., DURING THE YEAR 1890.
Houses, &c., inspected and reported to the Vestry by the Medical
Officer of Health, and the Inspector of Nuisances.
Houses and other premises inspected
5970
4622
Notices served to execute works, &c.
Houses in a dirty and dilapidated condition, cleansed and
repaired, etc.
409
309
Houses disinfected, cleansed and purified
7
Cases of overcrowding abated
5 0
Houses closed as unfit for habitation
W.C.'s repaired, ventilated, and whitewashed
197
217
Closets panned and trapped or old pans cleansed
Closets supplied with water
204
210
Defective drains repaired
246
Slopped drains cleared
166
Untrapped sinks trapped
9
Cesspools abolished
228
Badly paved yards repaired
66
Water receptacles cleansed and repaired
17
Houses supplied with water
34
Defective roofs repaired
59
Defective rain-shoots and gutters repaired
42
Offensive accumulations removed
78
Houses drained direct into the public sewer
Defective water apparatus in w.c.'s repaired
336
12
Lots of fowls which were a nuisance, removed
4
Animals kept so as to be a nuisance, removed
75
Urinals and other offensive places cleansed
Slaughter-houses inspected and licensed
7
12
Cow-houses inspected and licensed
76
Bakehouses inspected
13
Cellar flaps repaired
24
Stables and other premises drained
51
Old brick drains relaid with stoneware glazed pipes
Waste water pipes disconnected from drains and made to
discharge in the open air
163
For providing the requisite means of ventilation by means of
excavating underground floors and inserting air bricks
578
For separating the water used for flushing w.c.'s. from that
used for ordinary purposes
472
103
Persons suffering from infectious diseases removed to Hospital
Dead bodies removed from rooms to mortuary upon Magistrates
Orders
8
81
Summonses taken out before Police Magistrates for not complying
with orders of the Vestry. (Finesinflicted £627s. 6d.)
Food destroyed—Trunks of Fish, 2; Bacon pieces, 62lbs.; Rabbits, 500
Baskets of Cherries, 15; I Leg of Pork; 1 Pig's head; 56 tins Pineapple;
71 Cocoanuts; 9 pieces of Beef and Mutton.
Window Sashes made to open, 185; Window openings made for light
and ventilation, 346.
HENRY THOMAS, Sanitary Inspector.

TABLE IV. SANITARY WORK, &c., DURING THE YEAR 1890. Houses, &c., inspected and reported to the Vestry by the Medical Officer of Health, and the Inspector of Nuisances.

Houses and other premises inspected5970
Notices served to execute works, &c.4622
Houses in a dirty and dilapidated condition, cleansed and repaired, etc.409
Houses disinfected, cleansed and purified309
Cases of overcrowding abated7
Houses closed as unfit for habitation50
W.C.'s repaired, ventilated, and whitewashed197
Closets panned and trapped or old pans cleansed217
Closets supplied with water204
Defective drains repaired210
Slopped drains cleared246
Untrapped sinks trapped166
Cesspools abolished9
Badly paved yards repaired228
Water receptacles cleansed and repaired66
Houses supplied with water17
Defective roofs repaired34
Defective rain-shoots and gutters repaired59
Offensive accumulations removed42
Houses drained direct into the public sewer78
Defective water apparatus in w.c.'s repaired336
Lots of fowls which were a nuisance, removed12
Animals kept so as to be a nuisance, removed4
Urinals and other offensive places cleansed75
Slaughter-houses inspected and licensed7
Cow-houses inspected and licensed12
Bakehouses inspected76
Cellar flaps repaired13
Stables and other premises drained24
Old brick drains relaid with stoneware glazed pipes51
Waste water pipes disconnected from drains and made to discharge in the open air163
For providing the requisite means of ventilation by means of excavating underground floors and inserting air bricks578
For separating the water used for flushing w.c.'s. from that used for ordinary purposes472
Persons suffering from infectious diseases removed to Hospital103
Dead bodies removed from rooms to mortuary upon Magistrates Orders8
Summonses taken out before Police Magistrates for not complying with orders of the Vestry. (Finesinflicted £627s. 6d.)81